{"id":1303023,"date":"2022-02-16T08:55:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T13:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1303023"},"modified":"2022-02-16T14:16:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T19:16:54","slug":"why-the-left-really-wants-to-cancel-joe-rogan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-the-left-really-wants-to-cancel-joe-rogan\/","title":{"rendered":"Why The Left Really Wants To Cancel Joe Rogan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-the-left-really-wants-to-cancel-joe-rogan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1303023&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Readers-Pass-Johnson-Why-The-Left-Really-Wants-To-Cancel-Joe-Rogan-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Spotify CEO Daniel Ek held an all-staff meeting about Joe Rogan, where he revealed he has already held nearly a dozen meetings to discuss the top-rated podcaster with concerned staff. \u201cIn the case of Joe Rogan, a total of 10 meetings have been held with various groups and individuals to hear their respective concerns,\u201d said Ek, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/xg8jq4\/spotify-joe-rogan-transphobic\">according<\/a> to Vice News. \u201cAnd some of them want Rogan removed because of things he\u2019s said in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To add \u201ccontext,\u201d that meeting took place in September 2020, four months after Rogan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/entertainment-arts-52736364\">signed<\/a> a $100 million deal with the streaming platform. At the time, certain Spotify employees wanted to cancel Rogan over his allegedly \u201ctransphobic\u201d comments. Ek noted that numerous employees objected to Rogan\u2019s July 2021 interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/podcasts\/sunday-special\/abigail-shrier-the-ben-shapiro-show-sunday-special-ep-108\">Abigail Shrier<\/a>, author of the book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Irreversible-Damage-Transgender-Seducing-Daughters-ebook\/dp\/B07YL6XK55\">Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters<\/a>,\u201d which Target <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-woke-are-not-zany-guests-they-are-home-invasion-robbers-abigail-shrier-fires-back-at-woke-movement\">removed<\/a> from its store shelves in November 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In fact Spotify, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/more-than-100-episodes-of-joe-rogans-show-vanish-from-spotify\">deleted<\/a>&nbsp; a total of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10481401\/Spotify-deletes-113-Joe-Rogan-episodes-purge-continues-host-apologized-use-N-word.html\">113 episodes<\/a> of the podcast this month, opened its relationship with Rogan by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/spotify-censors-joe-rogan-podcast\">removing 42 episodes<\/a> of the show. \u201cThere were a few episodes they didn\u2019t want on their platform, and I was like \u2018Okay, I don\u2019t care,\u2019\u201d Rogan said nonchalantly.<\/p>\n<p>This forgotten history makes it clear that the effort to stifle Joe Rogan is neither new nor especially focused on COVID-19. It is an ongoing effort to purge the culture of any figure who does not espouse the left-wing party line, much less one who allows intellectual rogues and dissidents to speak uninterrupted. Each group had its own motive for seeking to suppress Rogan\u2019s reach.<\/p>\n<p>Rogan\u2019s most potent would-be censor lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The Biden administration has made clear it would like Spotify to act where the Constitution restrains the government. U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-surgeon-general-suggests-joe-rogan-podcast-should-be-censored-big-tech-has-important-role-to-play\">said<\/a>&nbsp;last month that Big Tech firms should \u201cdo the right thing\u201d to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1485991796257738757\">root out<\/a>\u201d rampant \u201cmisinformation\u201d about the novel coronavirus. Last month, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/psaki-urges-spotify-to-take-more-action-against-joe-rogan\">called on<\/a> \u201call major tech platforms, and all major news sources for that matter, [to] be responsible and be vigilant to ensure the American people have access to accurate information on something as significant as COVID-19. That certainly includes Spotify.\u201d She called Spotify\u2019s warning label \u201ca positive step, but there\u2019s more that can be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the White House\u2019s full-court press against the podcast, like that of Spotify\u2019s Woke employees, began no later than last spring. Two White House officials took aim at Rogan within 24 hours last April. White House communications director Kate Bedingfield told CNN that Rogan lacked the credentials to comment on the matter. \u201cDid Joe Rogan become a medical doctor while we weren\u2019t looking?\u201d she asked, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewDay\/status\/1387384192770662400\">giggling<\/a> in mockery. Meanwhile, Dr. Anthony Fauci <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TODAYshow\/status\/1387366130306764801\">told<\/a> \u201cThe Today Show\u201d that Rogan\u2019s statement that not every single human being needed to get vaccinated was selfish nonsense that could get people killed. Fauci explained, \u201cYou may inadvertently and innocently then infect someone else, who might infect someone who really could have a problem with a severe outcome. So if you want to only worry about yourself and not society, then that\u2019s OK,\u201d he said of Rogan. The only way to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/sunday-talk-shows\/553773-fauci-vaccinated-people-become-dead-ends-for-the-coronavirus\">stop infection<\/a>, Fauci argued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/effectiveness\/why-measure-effectiveness\/breakthrough-cases.html\">fatuously<\/a>, was to be fully vaccinated. The FDA then went on to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/us_fda\/status\/1429050070243192839\">deride<\/a> ivermectin, which Rogan said helped him with his own bout of COVID, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nyt-finally-corrects-claim-about-ivermectin-majority-of-mississippi-poison-control-calls\">falsely<\/a> portraying it as strictly a horse medication.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe really have a once-in-a-generation opportunity right now to seize the moment \u2026 not only create jobs but create jobs for the long haul,\u201d says White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield ahead of Biden\u2019s address to Congress tonight.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mrVyxXNd3R\">https:\/\/t.co\/mrVyxXNd3R<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vx2X8HH7gL\">pic.twitter.com\/vx2X8HH7gL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New Day (@NewDay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewDay\/status\/1387384192770662400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The most visible flashpoint over the \u201cJoe Rogan Experience\u201d came in response to Rogan\u2019s coverage of the COVID-19 mask and vaccination mandates. A group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/270-doctors-demand-spotify-implement-covid-19-misinformation-policy-over-joe-rogans-podcast\">270<\/a> medical professionals <a href=\"https:\/\/spotifyopenletter.wordpress.com\/2022\/01\/10\/an-open-letter-to-spotify\/\">called<\/a> on Spotify to \u201cestablish a clear and public policy to moderate misinformation on its platform. When Spotify refused to remove Rogan from its platform, a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joni-mitchell-other-aging-rockers-pull-music-from-spotify-in-support-of-neil-young\">aging rockers<\/a> led by Neil Young; his former bandmates Crosby, Stills, and Nash; and Graham Nash\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/joni-mitchell-doomed-relationship-with-graham-nash\/\">ex-girlfriend<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joni-mitchell-other-aging-rockers-pull-music-from-spotify-in-support-of-neil-young\">Joni Mitchell<\/a> pulled their music from Spotify. India Arie followed suit. The resultant publicity likely did not hurt their sales. Young\u2019s songs have reportedly seen a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/09\/neil-young-music-streaming-up-38-since-spotify-exit-report\/\">38% increase<\/a> in streaming since he inserted himself into the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Two pairs of politically inclined podcasters soon raised objections: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/obamas-considering-leaving-spotify-as-company-continues-to-face-left-wing-backlash-to-joe-rogan-report\">Barack and Michelle Obama<\/a>, and former royals Prince <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-have-concerns-about-spotify-misinformation-amid-joe-rogan-drama\">Harry and Meghan Markle<\/a>. Both left-wing power couples have something in common: Neither highly compensated pair has produced much in the way of results for Spotify. <em>\u201c<\/em><em>Harry and Meghan have produced a lone 33-minute holiday special since inking a reported $25 million Spotify contract in December 2020<\/em>\u201d and \u201ccurrently don\u2019t have anything else in development,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2022\/02\/joe-rogan-drama-exposes-the-drift-of-audio-giants-other-mega-deals\">reported<\/a> Vanity Fair. <em>\u201c<\/em><em>The Obamas, whose 2019 deal was rumored to be in the same general ballpark<\/em> \u2026 are more interested in lifting young new voices than carrying shows themselves.\u201d That is, the Obamas wanted to be paid without working and apparently had reason to seek greener pastures.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the legacy media attacked Rogan, as well. CNN\u2019s Brian Stelter virtually went apoplectic by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/brian-stelter-mocked-after-complaining-about-americans-that-trust-joe-rogan-more-than-cnn\">noting<\/a> that \u201cfigures like Rogan are trusted by people that don\u2019t trust\u201d CNN. The most recent video gladdened the heart of CNN host Jim Acosta, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-hosts-push-to-cancel-rogan-seems-untenable-that-he-could-keep-job-celebs-lose-roles-for-less\">said<\/a>, \u201cTo me, it seems untenable to have that kind of video surface, that kind of compilation surface, and keep one\u2019s job.\u201d Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/washington-post-blasted-for-shameful-op-ed-using-colleagues-death-to-urge-censoring-joe-rogan\">tied Rogan to a friend\u2019s<\/a> death from COVID-19, although she admitted, \u201cI don\u2019t know for sure whether getting vaccination and booster shots would have saved [his] life. And I have no idea whether he had ever listened to Joe Rogan\u2019s podcast.\u201d The source of the legacy media\u2019s outrage is not hard to discern: Rogan <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/2119148\/who-is-joe-rogan-meet-the-podcast-host-and-spotify-boycott-target\/\">said<\/a> in 2019 that his podcast is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.niemanlab.org\/reading\/joe-rogans-podcast-which-reportedly-gets-190-million-downloads-per-month-is-becoming-a-spotify-exclusive\/\">downloaded<\/a>&nbsp;190 million times a month, with each episode attracting&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/jason-aten\/spotify-has-a-big-problem-it-isnt-just-about-joe-rogan.html\">11 million listeners<\/a>. Stelter, et. al., see in Rogan an unapproved source of information whose reach, ratings, and respect exceed their own. They would hardly be the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/npr-accuses-daily-wire-of-tricking-readers-because-were-conservative-thats-a-lie-but-npr-is-lying-to-its-own-readers\">legacy media outlet to attack a podcast<\/a> they fear is eclipsing them.<\/p>\n<p>The few legacy media figures who asked why Joe Rogan had a better reputation than they did found themselves caught up in allegations of racism. \u201cWe in the media might want to spend more time thinking about why so many people trust him instead of us,\u201d wrote New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg on Twitter. He received a forceful rejoinder from his colleague Nikole Hannah-Jones, who produced the Times\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/therightswriter.com\/2020\/05\/the-1619-projection-3-lies-pulitzer-should-not-reward\/\">1619 Project<\/a>. \u201cWe need to understand why millions of Americans don\u2019t mind the open racism? It\u2019s not a mystery. Been reporting on it for years,\u201d she replied, without citing any evidence of Rogan\u2019s racism.<\/p>\n<p>But well-funded leftists had been gunning for Rogan for some time. In December 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/media-matters-for-america\/\">Media Matters<\/a> released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/joe-rogan-experience\/joe-rogan-wrapped-year-covid-19-misinformation-right-wing-myths-and-anti-trans\">hit piece<\/a> titled \u201cJoe Rogan Wrapped: A year of COVID-19 misinformation, right-wing myths, and anti-trans rhetoric.\u201d Among other statements, the group criticized Rogan for saying a \u201cthere\u2019s no way\u201d a bearded male who identifies as female is a woman and for critiquing President Joe Biden for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rittenhouse-spokesman-slams-biden-for-ad-implying-teen-a-white-supremacist\">falsely associating<\/a> Kyle Rittenhouse with \u201cwhite supremacists.\u201d Media Matters \u2014 which was founded by <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.humanevents.com\/2007\/05\/03\/media-matters-birthday-suit-exposing-the-distortion\/\">acknowledged liar<\/a> David Brock with the support of a constellation of left-wing donors, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/blogs\/onmedia\/1010\/Soros_gives_1_million_to_Media_Matters.html\">including George Soros<\/a> \u2014 has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/media-matters-and-the-corrupt-press-on-the-run\">long history<\/a> of attacking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=%22Ben+Johnson%22+site%3Amediamatters.org&amp;client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;ei=R6gCYoK3GeCoptQPyNujuA8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjC9u7h0PD1AhVglIkEHcjtCPcQ4dUDCA0&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=%22Ben+Johnson%22+site%3Amediamatters.org&amp;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAM6BQgAEJECOgsILhDHARCvARCRAjoICAAQgAQQsQM6DgguEIAEELEDEMcBEKMCOggILhCABBCxAzoFCC4QgAQ6CwguEIAEEMcBEKMCOgcILhCxAxBDOgQIABBDOgQILhBDOgUILhCRAjoFCAAQgAQ6CggAELEDEIMBEEM6CwgAELEDEIMBEJECOgoILhCxAxCDARBDOgsILhCABBCxAxCDAToICC4QsQMQgwE6DgguEIAEELEDEMcBENEDOggIABCxAxCDAToLCAAQgAQQsQMQgwE6BggAEBYQHkoECEEYAEoECEYYAFAAWJ4iYN0kaABwAngAgAH2AYgBgx6SAQcxNi4xOC4xmAEAoAEBwAEB&amp;sclient=gws-wiz\">conservative commentators<\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glennbeck.com\/2017\/04\/19\/2011-media-matters-hires-angelo-carusone-leader-of-stop-beck-movement-to-ramp-up-campaign-against-fox-news\/\">twisting<\/a> their <a href=\"https:\/\/hannity.com\/media-room\/liberal-lies-the-hill-media-matters-daily-beast-lie-about-hannitys-comments\/\">words<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent example of this may come from a video that shows Rogan using the racial slur \u201cn***er\u201d numerous times in comedy bits and impersonations over the last decade. The viral video\u2019s creators apparently snipped Rogan quoting others who used the word, rather than exposing him somehow repeatedly using a racist epithet on the world\u2019s most successful podcast <em>sub rosa<\/em>. RealClear Investigations has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearinvestigations.com\/articles\/2022\/02\/07\/investigative_issues_whos_behind_the_joe_rogan_spotify_cancellation_campaign_815610.html\">highlighted<\/a> a theory about who produced the video and why. A Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wokal_distance\/status\/1490220423270699009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1490220423270699009%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fsamj-3930%2F2022%2F02%2F06%2Fwhos-behind-the-attack-on-rogan-tweep-pulls-back-curtain-on-large-well-funded-leftist-troll-accounts-in-brutal-receipt-filled-thread%2F\">points out<\/a> that the video was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitchy.com\/samj-3930\/2022\/02\/06\/whos-behind-the-attack-on-rogan-tweep-pulls-back-curtain-on-large-well-funded-leftist-troll-accounts-in-brutal-receipt-filled-thread\/\">shared<\/a> by \u201cPatriotTakes,\u201d which in turn notes that it is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patriottakes\">partnered with<\/a>\u201d MeidasTouch, a Democratic super PAC founded by brothers Ben, Brett, and Jordan Meisales in 2020. The user speculates that the PAC, which specializes in video production and media buys, created the video to prove their firm\u2019s clout. \u201cIf a group could cancel Rogan it would be a MASSIVE show of power,\u201d the account <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wokal_distance\/status\/1490238956004331523\">says<\/a>. Rolling Stone has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/meidastouch-2020-campaign-finance-trump-1152482\/\">accused<\/a>&nbsp;MeidasTouch of \u201copaque\u201d financial practices, presiding over \u201ca huge waste of donor money,\u201d and intimidating reporters when they threatened to go public. \u201cA ceaseless barrage of misinformation followed, with MeidasTouch rallying its legions of social media followers to join the campaign,\u201d the magazine reported. If true, MeidasTouch has both political and financial incentives to take down Joe Rogan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/<br \/>Since you asked, and I love your work, I&#8217;ll tell you. <\/p>\n<p>This is a professional political attack. Three waves one right after the other is not a coincidence. Good spacing, good timing, so it&#8217;s absolutely professional.<\/p>\n<p>But who was it you ask? <\/p>\n<p>That takes some digging but\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qomYCL8dzK\">https:\/\/t.co\/qomYCL8dzK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wokal Distance (@wokal_distance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wokal_distance\/status\/1490220423270699009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What is the Left\u2019s real motivation in canceling Rogan? Rogan has held conversations with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtaibbi\/status\/1490862321538793472\">everyone<\/a> from Amy Schumer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-host-praises-antifa-violence-yes-people-get-hurt\">W. Kamau Bell<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2000\/02\/01\/savage-flu-bugger-could-face-charges-savage-flu-bugger-could-face-charges\/\">Dan Savage<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/neil-degrasse-tyson\">Neil deGrasse Tyson<\/a>, to Elon Musk, Jordan Peterson, Tulsi Gabbard, Candace Owens, Adam Carolla, COVID-19 dissenter Alex Berenson, and even Alex Jones. Rogan likewise has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/insane-joe-rogan-rips-kamala-harris-comparing-jan-6-to-9-11-pearl-harbor\">exposed<\/a> the Biden administration\u2019s overkill on the January 6th riot, pressed CNN over its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joe-rogan-grills-cnns-sanjay-gupta-does-it-bother-you-that-your-news-network-lies\">egregious misinformation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joe-rogan-explains-why-chris-pratt-gets-hate-from-the-left-hes-a-christian-and-a-good-person\">defended<\/a> Christians, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rogan-slams-stelter-motherfer-youre-supposed-to-be-a-journalist-your-shows-fing-terrible\">mocked<\/a> CNN fact-checkers, and fearlessly exposed Hollywood stars\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-joe-rogan-rips-hollywood-hypocrisy-over-gun-hank-berrien\">hypocrisy<\/a>&nbsp;on gun control.<\/p>\n<p>The Cancel Rogan movement represents \u201ca coordinated attack against someone who committed the cardinal sin of independent thought,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/will-cain-joe-rogan-coordinated-attack-left\">said<\/a> Fox News host Will Cain. \u201cWe need someone like that to chart a course that brings an audience that helps tear down this really rotten and corrupt \u2026 corporate economy that\u2019s now sold out basic fundamentals of Western civilization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The attempt to cancel Rogan has sometimes backfired on his would-be inquisitors. Bestselling author Don Winslow apparently alerted \u201cThe Rock\u201d Dwayne Johnson to the video of racial epithets, causing Johnson to backtrack on his support for Rogan. But a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wokal_distance\/status\/1490141884546576384\">Twitter thread<\/a> cited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/author-pushes-to-cancel-joe-rogan-for-quoting-n-word-then-someone-looks-up-use-of-n-word-in-his-books\">57 examples<\/a> of Winslow using the same racial slur. Others seemingly recognized their own podcast\u2019s irrelevance in comparison with Rogan\u2019s. Former President Donald Trump\u2019s estranged niece, Mary Trump, announced she was removing her podcast from Spotify, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryLTrump\/status\/1488684807475314690\">noting<\/a> with due humility, \u201cI know it\u2019s not a big deal but hope it will be part of a growing avalanche.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind the podcaster \u2014 and given him a bit of unsolicited advice. \u201cJoe Rogan is an interesting and popular guy, but he\u2019s got to stop apologizing to the Fake News and Radical Left maniacs and lunatics,\u201d&nbsp;the 45<sup>th<\/sup> president <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/08\/trump-tells-joe-rogan-to-stop-apologizing-during-spotify-saga\/\">said<\/a> on February 7. \u201cJoe, just go about what you do so well and don\u2019t let them make you look weak and frightened. That\u2019s not you and it never will be!\u201d Florida Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/do-not-apologize-desantis-speaks-out-on-joe-rogan-controversy\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R), Brazilian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/stand-your-ground-hugs-from-brazil-brazilian-right-wing-president-cheers-joe-rogan\">Jair Bolsonaro<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/if-they-can-cancel-joe-rogan-they-can-cancel-anyone-donald-trump-jr-blasts-legacy-media-calls-on-america-to-stand-with-joe\">Donald Trump Jr.<\/a>, and Dana Loesch have made similar statements.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Rogan could be living proof that a humble man with intellectual curiosity can defy the censorious Left, entertain his audience, inject real diversity into the national conversation, \u2014 and have multiple platforms competing to host his show. Amidst the latest controversy, Rumble offered Rogan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/100-million-bucks-for-four-years-rumble-ceo-sends-letter-to-joe-rogan-with-totally-legit-offer\">$100 million<\/a> to move his podcast to their anti-censorship video hosting service for four years. \u201cThis is our chance to save the world,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rumblevideo\/status\/1490718158449172481\">wrote<\/a> CEO Chris Pavlovski.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd yes,\u201d he added, \u201cthis is totally legit\u201d \u2014 which is more than Rogan\u2019s critics can say about their ginned-up outrage.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotify CEO Daniel Ek held an all-staff meeting about Joe Rogan, where he revealed he has already held nearly a dozen meetings to discuss the top-rated podcaster with concerned staff. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1303023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1303023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1303023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1303023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1303023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}